20:20 Uttoxeter

Saturday 15 May 2021

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Sky Sports Racing Virgin 535 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 20:20 | Winning time: 5m 5.1s

Clondaw Pretender^h1,t⁴⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero| OR: 103

14/1

Left his qualifying runs behind when improved second on Sedgefield handicap debut with a tongue tie fitted in January, Weakened out of it at Doncaster a month later and off since. Hood added.

Form: 356627/

Shall We Go Now^p,t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: K Brogan| T: H Fry| OR: 103

5/1

Won 2m Taunton maiden hurdle in January 2020. Bit more impact in handicaps this spring but he rarely finds much for pressure.

Form: 9/P8P5-4

Fool To Cry^p²²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Mitchell Bastyan⁽³⁾| T: J Farrelly| OR: 100| D

33/1

Cashed in on reduced mark when landing Hexham handicap in September. Shaped as if still in good form when fading into fourth at Ffos Las 16 days later but off since.

Form: 49P/514-

Fitz Well^p,h,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Lorcan Murtagh| T: R Dickin| OR: 99

25/1

Fair fourth of 11 in maiden hurdle on Rules debut in November, but has completely bombed out in 4 subsequent starts.

Form: 3/40PP-6

Kenyan Cowboy^p⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Max Kendrick| T: N B King| OR: 97| D

7/2

Point winner who twice reached the frame at Chepstow in the autumn. Form nosedived after but he did stop the slide returned to that venue when plugging on for third last month.

Form: 4386P3-

Badness Backfires²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Lorcan Williams| T: Henry Oliver| OR: 96

10/3

Fair ex-Irish maiden for Denise Foster and shaped encouragingly starting out for new yard following a 5-month break at Hereford (19.7f). Yet to be asked for effort when unseating rider latest.

Form: 52504U-

Hello Sunshine^t1³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Rex Dingle| T: P R Webber| OR: 93

7/1

Shaped well when third in a bumper. Hasn't troubled the judge in 4 starts since switched to hurdles but there's clearly ability there and she's worth persevering with. Tongue tie on.

Form: 39745-

Shutthegate^p³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Katie O'Farrell| T: J L Spearing| OR: 89

14/1

Just modest form so far, failing to improve for application of cheekpieces last time.

Form: 5/54856-

Abington Park^v1⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Joe Williamson⁽⁶⁾| T: P A Kirby| OR: 82

14/1

No real impact in bumpers or over hurdles so far, including on handicap debut last month, Visor now reached for.

Form: 45/6987-

Just Henny^t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Liam Harrison| T: N P Mulholland| OR: 78

12/1

First past post on handicap debut (subsequently disqualified for taking wrong course) at Fontwell in November. Well held sole completed start since, though.

Form: 7DPF6U-

Lapford Lad^t⁶⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: N F Houlihan| T: Mrs S Gardner| OR: 77

12/1

Pair of Newton Abbot wins in early-summer 2019. Showed very little in the mud on March's return to action and tongue tie back on.

Form: 1F144/8-

Lord Howard¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Alexander Thorne| T: Joanne Thomason-Murphy| OR: 71

150/1

Triple-Flat winner but nothing of note over hurdles. 6 lb out of the handicap.

Form: P/9P8B-

Non-Runners

Olympic Honour²

Weight: 12-1| Age: 5

T: Evan Williams J: Isabel Williams

Forecasts

Olympic Honour (9/4), Badness Backfires (10/3), Kenyan Cowboy (7/2), Shall We Go Now (5/1), Hello Sunshine (7/1), Lapford Lad (12/1), Just Henny (12/1), Abington Park (14/1), Shutthegate (14/1), Clondaw Pretender (14/1), Fitz Well (25/1), Fool To Cry (33/1), Lord Howard (150/1)

OLYMPIC HONOUR confirmed the promise of last week's Worcester run when successful at Fontwell on Thursday, and given he retains handicap scope on old form, the follow up is very much on the cards. Badness Backfires is feared most, with Hello Sunshine one to consider at longer odds.